A strong chorus of astute voices is exactly what the Republican Party needs to refurbish its image and improve its role in contributing to 21st century America

11:58 am May 23, 2013

Jef Kurfess wrote:

It sounds like these economists cum politicians have conflated immigration reform designed to bring in people we want, taxpayers, with amnesty for millions of trespassers who will collect $billions, as estimated by Heritage.

This new study doesn't contradict the Heritage study. It combines a major plus and a major minus to come up with a net plus. If we focused on immigration reform and decoupled it from amnesty, the economic benefit would be larger still.

4:30 pm May 23, 2013

Dave Francis wrote:

A PINK SLIP IS WAITING FOR EVERY POLITICIAN WHO APPOSES THE PEOPLES WILL ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION?

THE IMMIGRATION STORM HAS NOT BEEN SEEN YET, BUT ITS COMING?
Last Tuesday, grassroots factions around the nation assembled to remember a national day in 1986 when the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) was signed, with the promise to enforce the new laws. At least 50 separate groups crowded together under the banner "Remember the 1986 Coalition." With one fused voice they asked Senators, Democrats and Republicans, the press, and fellow patriotic Americans to consider the broken promises of the 1986 amnesty bill and warned all not let it occur again. In thirty-four states, from New York to Washington DC, organized press conferences took place. Many NumbersUSA activists took part in the press conferences talking about the major flaws in the Gang of 8's amnesty bill. Others attended meetings with Senate staffers and delivered our Say No to Amnesty petition signatures to Senate offices. Obviously the major press will dictate what is to be presented in their media, so it’s very unlikely that this informative information will be available if the Liberal oriented national staff has the last word. But you cannot escape the truth that after all the promises of 1986, Washington failed to live up to their promises. That is why today America is confronted by unknown numbers (11 million, for the last decade?) criminal illegal aliens who think they have a right to DEMAND a path to citizenship, free health care, schooling for the quasi citizenship children and a right to sponsor other (CHAIN MIGRATION) family members, that eventually the taxpayer s become the recipient of all financial bills.

ALL THOSE WHO DON’T PLAY BY “THE PEOPLES” RULES, WILL GET A PINK SLIP, STARTING IN THE PRIMARIES. UNLESS OF COURSE NON CITIZENS ARE VOTING AS THEY DID IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION? THAT IS WHY EVERY CITIZEN SHOULD DEMAND A NATIONAL BIOMETRIC ID CARD, TO HAVE THEIR VOTE COUNT?
Presidential
In bipartisan party collusion they are entirely to blame for the immigration chaos we have today, are the previous administrations since the inception of the IRCA. We are exactly in the same situation as before, but even more unknown numbers of foreigners settling here and with the majority altering America into a third world country of a growing populace of poverty. The costs to the taxpayer is appalling, with no end in sight? Sprung up from the insipid foundations of the IRCA, are the city ordinances that without regard to citizens, legal residence and the conflicting opinions of U.S. Immigration & Custom Service (ICE) have protected illegal aliens from prosecution in “Sanctuary Cities”. The amount of expenditure is on the backs of both political parties, the Democrats crawling for votes to overwhelm American society, bringing to our shores an ultra type of hard core socialism. The Republicans, who carry as much blame after the 1986 signing, were still bowing to the corporate lobbyists handing them unclean money, not to harass any businesses who hired foreign people with no legal status. A silent conspiracy that is still working today, because the border is still a hell hole, illegal aliens are still arriving and people whose destination is America, come as visitors and stay on an expired visas.

THE GANG OF EIGHT AND THE SENATORS SITTING IN THE MARK UP CANNOT DENY, THAT BY REJECTING THE MANDATORY TRIGGERS, IS LIKE RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT? THEY ARE NOT GOING TO ESCAPE THE CONDEMNATION OF THE MAJORITY OF THE AMERICAN POPULATION. NEARLY ALL OF THE EXEMPTIONS AND AMENDMENTS WERE IGNORED, SUCH AS BUILDING THE REST OF THE 700 MILES OF THE 2006 SECURE DOUBLE FENCING (not virtual fencing) WITHOUT THIS STRICT LAW, NO IMMIGRATION BILL WILL STAY FIRM IN THE HOUSE.

AS THE SENATE BILL STANDS, ITS ANOTHER THEFT OF AMERICAN JOBS BY CHEAP LABOR?

Just Republican Senators Jeff Sessions of Alabama, Ted Cruz of Texas offered amendments, and were mercifully mocked by the slouching bunch of old, long termed Democrats. The two Republican Senators were in the service of the America taxpayer, but were rebuked by the others that dismissed such amendments as No Pathway ever to Citizenship, no severance of benefits or welfare to the newly manufactured people with legal status. Those gang members who have committed heinous crimes can still apply for legal status.
Fox News Poll: Most voters say put border security before immigration reform; Most American voters want tougher new border security measures before changing immigration policies. A Fox News national poll released Wednesday also shows a majority favors giving illegal immigrants already in the United States a chance to qualify for citizenship. On Tuesday, a Senate committee passed an immigration reform bill that would create a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants. The bill would also strengthen border security. It now goes to the full Senate for a vote. The provisions in the bill are popular with the public. There's widespread support for additional border security. Moreover, 73 percent of voters say those measures should be completed before other changes to immigration policy go into effect. That includes 82 percent of Republicans, 71 percent of independents and 69 percent of Democrats. Support for prioritizing border security is high among both
Rep. John Barrow (D-Ga.) has introduced the Keeping the Promise of IRCA Act. The bill would fulfill the border security promises, workplace verification promises, and interior enforcement promises that were never fulfilled by the 1986 amnesty bill.
Sonoran News -- May 22
Attorney General Tom Horne to Senators: Border Security should be certified by States, not the Department of Homeland Security
PHOENIX – A single political appointee should not be entrusted with the job of certifying border security for the United States, Attorney General Tom Horne told Senators John McCain and Jeff Flake in a letter on Monday.

"Last week’s report from the Department of Homeland Security confirming that more than 600 immigration detainees released from federal custody in February were convicted criminals was outrageous, and shows the federal government’s lack of commitment to border security," Horne said.

"As Congress prepares to discuss immigration reform, I am very concerned about any language that gives the Secretary of Homeland Security sole authority to certify the border as secure. The current Secretary is well-known for her pronouncements that the border is ‘as secure as it’s ever been,’ but people who live and work along the border tell a different story.

The border, especially at the Tucson Sector, is not secure, and for any one person based in Washington, D.C. to be given the sole authority to certify it as secure in any new immigration reform package is a mistake.

I urge the Senate to include language that eliminates the certification role for this or any future D.H.S. Secretary and instead require a panel of local and state stakeholders in Border States affected by these issues to objectively measure and certify border security."
WANT MORE INTELLIGENT INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING AT THE BORDER, AND THEN GO TO AMERICAN PATROL WEBSITE. MORE AND MORE AMERICAN CITIZENS/RESIDENTS ARE BECOMING MORE AWARE OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS AMNESTY. THEY ARE ROOTING OUT THEIR U.S. SENATE, CONGRESSMEN BY CALLING THEM AND DEMANDING NO REPLAY AS IN 1986.

7:19 pm May 23, 2013

The Dave who works for a living wrote:

Dave, you have too much time on your hands.

7:21 pm May 23, 2013

Dave (who works for a living) wrote:

Dave, you have too much time on your hands.

8:58 pm May 23, 2013

Han Chen wrote:

Dave: I assume you do not want the comprehensive immigration reform to pass? How will the border be secure if no new legislation is passed (we know existing law is flawed, hence the waves of illegal immigration)? Are you counting on the House bill, which is much less likely to happen at this point?
Also, please stop writing in all caps, it's harder to read.
H.C.

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